黃志偉

English

Wong Chi-wai is a Hong Kong rowing coach and sports administrator who has long been involved in training and leading the territory's representative rowing squad. As early as the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games he served with the Hong Kong, China delegation as a rowing coach, helping athletes prepare and supporting them at competition. At the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games he travelled with the team again as a rowing team official, assisting with the squad's competition arrangements and logistics. Beyond coaching, Wong has also been involved in the administration of the sport in Hong Kong. He has held office in the Hong Kong rowing association, taking part in the organisation of local rowing, the running of competitions and the development of a talent pipeline, linking athletes' training with the association's administration. For many years he has worked on both the coaching and administrative fronts, witnessing how Hong Kong rowing gradually built up a representative-team system and youth squads. Rowing is one of the elite sports supported by the Hong Kong Sports Institute, and coaches must look after fitness and technique as well as the rigging of boats and the coordination of the squad, a demanding workload; Wong and his coaching colleagues provide long-term support to the team within that system. He keeps a low profile, and most public material about him comes from the delegation lists of major multi-sport games. His own career as an athlete, the years he has coached and the precise scope of his duties still lack fuller public documentation.